WEALDEN IRON is a Bulletin of research published annually by WIRG. Many of these volumes are now out of print and difficult to find; the contents of each volume are listed below.

Each volume may be downloaded in PDF (Acrobat) format and the contents tables are hyperlinked (in blue) to give quick access to the relevant article. Scans originally supplied by WIRG member David Brown, updated by Jeremy Hodgkinson.

An alphabetical author list (Excel spreadsheet), for Series 1 and 2, can be found HERE

Scheduled Ancient Monuments
The Vachery Ironworks
The Penhurst-Ashburnham leat
Sources in the Public Record Office for the history of the Wealden iron industry: Part 2
A metallurgical site near King's Standing Farm, Ashdown Forest
Some extracts from the Sussex Weekly Advertiser, 1772-5
Catsfield Furnace - a new discovery
Ashdown Forest (Millbrook) Saxon bloomery
Field Group Reports:

References in recent publications
Oldlands Roman Bloomery
Minepit Surveys
Sources in the Public Record Office for the history of the Wealden iron industry: Part 3
The Sussex Weekly Advertiser - Some Extracts
Income and Production at Heathfield Ironworks 1693-1788
Index to Bulletin XIII to XVII (First Series)

Roffey Medieval Bloomery
Park Farm, Mayfield
Warbleton
Two forays in the West Hoathly/Ardingly area
A Bloomery in the Charlwood area

Sheffield Forge - new developments
Inventory of the ironworks at Hamsell in 1708
The recovered Courthope Manuscripts: Transcriptions
Richard Maynard - yeoman and ironmaster
Sources in the Public Record Office for the history of the Wealden iron industry: Part 4
Iron Pans used in the making of salt in the sixteenth century
How Oldlands Roman bloomery was really discovered
Bassetts blast furnace
Excavations at Great Cansiron Farm, Hartfield
Incised lettering on graveslabs
Pippingford Blast Furnace Trust
Notes on publications

Roman ironworking at Runham Farm. Lenham, Kent
Cast iron plates from Burwash
A late Roman gold coin from High Hurstwood, East Sussex
West End furnace, Chiddingfold, Surrey
Birchenbridge Forge - a new site identified
Hawksden Forge ironmaster's house
Aliens in the ironworking areas of the Weald: The Subsidy Rolls 1524-1603

A Romano-British ironworking site at Crawley Down, Worth, Sussex
The introduction and early spread of the blast furnace in Europe
Further excavations at Great Cansiron Farm, Hartfield, East Sussex
References to ironworks in records at the Sussex Record Offices
Review: H. Cleere, 'The Organisation of the Iron Industry in the Western Roman Provinces in the Early Empire, with Special Reference to Britain', Offa, 40 (1983)
Index to Second Series Nos. 1-5 (1981-5)

The 1574 lists of ironworks in the Weald. A re-examination
Standford Furnace, Bramshott, Hampshire. A case of mistaken identity
Richard and Joan Isted, Ironmasters
Rowfant Supra Forge
Three Sites in the Tudeley area, near Tonbridge, Kent
Two Radio-Carbon Dates for Minepits at Sharpthorne Brickworks
Roman Minepits

Minepits at West Hoathly Brickworks, Sharpthorne, Sussex
The eighteenth-century revival of Howbourne Forge, Buxted
Drew Barantyn
Tugmore Shaw
Footlands ironworking site, Sedlescombe
The impact on the Weald of boring cannon from the solid
Iron ore extraction - an eighteenth century example
Index to the gazetteer of water-powered sites in The Iron Industry of the Weald

A Probable Medieval Ironworking Site in Crawley, Sussex
Cocking Foundry
Bardown Romano-British ironworking site
An Area Devoid of Bloomery Furnace Sites
A Bloomery at Smarden, Kent

Addition to Catalogue of Iron Graveslabs
Blackwater Green, Crawley
St Leonards Lower Forge and Furnace Site Survey
A Furnace at Ewhurst
A Method of De-rusting of Archaeological Iron Artefacts
William Clutton - Ironmaster
A New Forgemaster, William Bassett

Courtlands Farm Bloomary, West Hoathly, Sussex
A Bloomery at Upper Parrock
A Bloomery in Crawley
A Bloomery at Newick, Sussex
A Medieval Bloomery at Tidebrook, Mayfield, Sussex

Heathfield Furnace Site Survey
The Indirect Process in the Pays de Bray
Geology and Iron Ore in the Pays de Bray
Gazetteer of Furnaces and Forges in the Pays de Bray, France
Index to Second Series Nos. 6-10 (1986-1990)

Cuckfield furnace site survey
Two Wealden wrought iron hammers
Henry VII's first attempt to exploit iron in Ashdown Forest
English cast-iron ordnance of 1564
Reconstruction of a Wealden gun-casting furnace
Ironworking sites in the Haslemere area
Review: The Fuller Letters

Buttons, Wadhurst, East Sussex
Possible bloomery site in the upper Rother valley
London-Lewes Roman road - part 3
The possible use of coke for smelting iron in the Weald
The Mayfield cannon - a reappraisal
Contemporary illustrations of Wealden furnaces
Further additions to the catalogue of early Wealden iron graveslabs
Millplace and Gravetye furnaces
Wealden ironmasters and the Board of Ordnance after 1770

Medieval bloomery slag at Crawley, Sussex
A possible medieval bloomery at Southwater, Sussex
A bloomery at Lyminge, Kent
Great Cansiron Romano-British ironworks, Forest Row, Sussex
Notes on Early 18th-century Memoranda on the making of iron
A bloomery in Hartfield, Sussex

Ordnance recommended to arm defensive earthworks proposed for the Sussex coast in 1587
Cinderhill, Leigh, Kent
Notes on Early 18th-century Memoranda on the making of iron
Fourth foray on the London-Lewes Roman road
Final foray on the London-Lewes Roman road
Index to 2nd series Nos. 11-15

Fourteenth century ironworks in Wartling Manor
A Wealden steel-making patent
Oldlands furnace, Marshalls and the Nutt family
Three notes on ironworking sites in Kent
'Dutch' labourers at Salehurst in 1566-1568

Ebernoe furnace - site survey
Forges in the late eighteenth century Weald
A reconstruction of a Wealden conversion forge and boring mill
Burgh Wood forge, Etchingham
The supply of raw materials to the Heathfield ironworks

Two Romano-British bloomeries at Waldron, East Sussex
A bloomery at Nutfield, Surrey
A Romano-British bloomery at High Hurstwood, Buxted, East Sussex
A bloomery at Egerton, Kent
A bloomery at Pluckley, Kent
Two bloomeries in Forest Row, East Sussex
A bloomery in West Hoathly, West Sussex
Medieval iron working at Mersham, Kent
Roman road at Shortbridge, East Sussex
A bloomery furnace at Forest Row, East Sussex
Three bloomeries at Blackham, Withyham, East Sussex
Cinderfield, Ightham, Kent

An unusual type of slag at Heathfield
Two bloomeries near Bletchingley, Surrey
A gazetteer of medieval iron-making sites in the Weald
Iridge Furnace, Hurst Green
Notes from the Office of the Ordnance: the 1650s
Index to Wealden Iron, Second series, 16--20 (1996-2000)

A Romano-British bloomery in Maresfield East Sussex
An Iron Age/Romano-British iron forging site at Ford, West Sussex
Bloomeries in East Hoathly, East Sussex
Oaklands Romano-British ironworking site, Westfield, East Sussex
Mill Place furnace, East Grinstead, West SussexCorrigenda and Addendum

Iron-working Sites in the Weald of Kent
Extracts from the Debenture Books of the Office of Ordnance, 1593-1610
Wealden Ironmasters in the Midlands
The Sussex Weekly Advertiser - further extracts relating to the iron industry
Mortars cast for Gibraltar
Index to Wealden Iron, Second series, 21 (2001)

A bloomery in Beckley, East Sussex
A bloomery in Brightling, East Sussex
Two bloomeries in Burwash, East Sussex
A bloomery in Kirdford, West Sussex
Four bloomeries in Hartfield, East Sussex
A Romano-British ore-roasting pit in Beckley, East Sussex

Two possible medieval bloomery sites in Alfold, Surrey
Iron Plat, Queenstock hammer pond and a 15th century ironworking site at Buxted
Re-dating an early document
More additions to the catalogue of early Wealden graveslabs
The Penkhurst family of ironmasters
Bar iron production in the Weald in the early 18th century
Factors of production in mid-18th century Wealden iron smelting
Index to Wealden Iron, Second series, 22 (2002)

Stumbleholm Bloomery, Ifield, West Sussex
Park Wood, Burwash, East Sussex
Two bloomery sites in Mayfield, East Sussex
A bloomery in Heathfield, East Sussex
A medieval bloomery in Ticehurst, East Sussex
A blast furnace at Netherfield, Battle, East Sussex: a new water-powered site identified
A bloomery site in Crawley, West Sussex
Iron Plat furnace and forge, Buxted, East Sussex

The Excavation of a First-Century Ironworks at Turners Green, Sussex, 1968-70
Crookford Furnace: not Cotchford but Worth
"John Trew is an Able Man"
Scrag Oak (Snape) Furnace
Index to Wealden Iron, Second series, 23 (2003)

A bloomery in Battle, East Sussex
A bloomery in Rotherfield, East Sussex
Two bloomeries in Heathfield, East Sussex
Bloomery slag in Netherfield, East Sussex
Two bloomeries in Ticehurst, East Sussex
An Iron Age bloomery in Forest Row, East Sussex
A Romano-British domed bloomery furnace in Mayfield, East Sussex

A bloomery in Peasmarsh, East Sussex
Romano-British site at North Chailey, East Sussex
Ashburnham Forge, East SussexIn search of Bournemill furnace, Kent
In search of Iping furnace, West Sussex
Two bloomery sites in Maresfield, East Sussex
Bloomery slag in Mayfield, East Sussex

Early Kent ironworking sites
Bungehurst furnace, Heathfield - site survey
Warbleton Priory furnace
Charcoal production in woodland around the blast furnace at Darwell in East Sussex
John Browne, gunfounder to the Stuarts
Mr Littleton, supplier of ordnance material
Index to Wealden Iron, Second series, 25 (2005)

A possible Middle Iron Age bloomery in Hartfield
A Roman-British bloomery in Maresfield
A Late Iron Age bloomery in Maresfield
A bloomery site in Maresfield
Minepits in Milland, West Sussex
A bloomery site in Hartfield, East Sussex
A bloomery site in Rotherfield, East Sussex

Stephen Aynscombe and the Earl of Gondomar
The construction of a Wealden blast furnace
John Browne Gunfounder to the Stuarts; Part 2: bronze and iron guns 1630-45
Index to Wealden Iron, Second series, 26 (2006)

A Bloomery site in Rotherfield, East Sussex
A Romano-British Bloomery site in Maresfield, East Sussex
Three Bloomery sites in Fletching, East Sussex
Two Bloomery sites in Brightling, East Sussex
Telegraph Mill bloomery site, Icklesham, East Sussex

An experiment to test alternative conjectures about the covers of ore-roasting pits
Richard Woodman - ironmaster and martyr
A godly chimney plate and other firebacks from Brede
Index to Wealden Iron, 2nd Series, 27 (2007)

Ashdown Forest Iron Sites - updated locations
A bloomery in Battle, East Sussex
A bloomery in Ashburnham, East Sussex
A bloomery in Catsfield, East Sussex
Two bloomeries in Hartfield, East Sussex
A bloomery in Beckley, East Sussex
A bloomery site in Brede, East Sussex
Two bloomery sites in Heathfield & Waldron, East Sussex
A bloomery in Danehill, East Sussex

Iron Smelting in Kamalia
Thirteenth-century Ploughshares
Three Examples of Blast Furnace Dross
Two Additions to the Catalogue of Early Cast-iron Graveslabs
John Browne, Gunfounder to the Stuarts - Part 3
Index to Wealden Iron, 2nd series, 28 (2008)

A bloomery in Dallington, East Sussex
Two bloomeries in Beckley, East Sussex
A bloomery in Forest Row, East Sussex
A bloomery site in Heathfield, East Sussex
A bloomery site in Warbleton, East Sussex
A bloomery in Wadhurst, East Sussex
A bloomery site in Wadhurst, East Sussex
A bloomery in Brightling, East Sussex
A bloomery in Ticehurst, East Sussex
A possible Saxon bloomery in Hartfield, East Sussex

Documentary and literary evidence relating to Burwash Forge and Wynhamford Mill, East Sussex
Pot founders at Wealden Iron Works
Addition to the catalogue of early iron graveslabs
Some operating characteristics of Wealden Iron industry waterwheels, bellows and tuyeres
Index to Wealden Iron, 2nd series, 30 (2010)

Two Bloomery sites in Hadlow Down, East Sussex
A Bloomery site in Mountfield, East Sussex
Toll Wood Bloomery, Battle, East Sussex - a correction
A Bloomery site in Hartfield, east Sussex
A Bloomery site in Benenden, Kent
A Bloomery site in Brede, East Sussex
A Bloomery in Brightling, East Sussex

A bloomery site in Burwash, East Sussex
Crowhurst Forge, Surrey - a new site identified
Notices of Wealden ironworks in early English newspapers
The location of Etchingham Forge
Modelling business performance of a mid 18th-century cannon manufacturer
Index to Wealden Iron, Second series, 32 (2012)

A bloomery site in Ticehurst, East Sussex
A Middle Iron Age bloomery in Southborough, Kent
Bloomery furnaces in Crawley, West Sussex
Fernhurst Furnace dendrochronology
A Late-Iron Age/Romano-British bloomery at Catsfield, East Sussex
Bloomery sites in Waldron and Chiddingly, East Sussex
Ore finds at sites and locations in Outwood, Surrey

Brokes Wood Middle Iron Age bloomery, Southborough, Kent
Two bloomeries in Gilly Wood, Brede, East Sussex
A bloomery and iron ore workings in Hawkhurst Common Wood, Waldron, East Sussex
A multi-period ironworking site in Withyham, East Sussex
A Middle Iron Age bloomery in Lindfield Rural parish, West Sussex
East Lymden Furnace - a reinterpretation

Henly and Riverhall Ironworks
The location of Mayfield Finery Forge
Stream Forge, Furnace and Boring Mill, Chiddingly
Early Newspapers: Further references to the iron trade
The Prickett family and Wealden iron
Index to Index to Wealden Iron, Second series, 36 (2016) Part IPart II
Excavation of an iron-working site at Scott’s Hollow, Salehurst, East Sussex - an interim report
Effects of furnace clay losses on bloom yields
Smelting processes influences on bloomery iron yields
Index to Index to Wealden Iron, Second series, 36 (2016) Part II